The Republic of Federated Westamerica is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by The Executive Minister with an even hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, irreverence towards religion, and hatred of cheese. The compassionate population of 7.195 billion Federated Westamericans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Executive District. The average income tax rate is 94.7%.

The powerhouse Federated Westamerican economy, worth 703 trillion Cascadian Dollars a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 97,786 Cascadian Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It ain't easy to be green enough to be imported into Federated Westamerica, restaurants are required to specify whether their toilet paper was made in Federated Westamerica, the government has solemnly sworn not to look up other nations' internet browsing history if the favor is returned, and you can't put down the nation's attitude to pet health. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Federated Westamerica's national animal is the Orca, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Orca-ism.

Federated Westamerica is ranked 283,244^th in the world and 6,140^th in The North Pacific for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 5,182.69 Standard Monetary Units.